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| fez |
a man's felt cap, shaped like a flat-topped cone and usu. red with a black tassel, worn esp. in Middle Eastern countries. |
| firebrick |
a heat-resistant brick, esp. one used in the construction of a furnace, oven, or the like. |
| fire clay |
a heat-resistant clay used in furnace linings, crucibles, fire bricks, and the like. |
| fire door |
an interior door of heat-resistant material that is designed to contain the spread of a fire in a building. |
| flatboat |
a flat-bottomed boat used for transporting goods on shallow waters. |
| flatiron |
a flat-bottomed iron that is heated and used to press clothes. |
| Formica |
trademark for a heat-resistant and chemical-resistant covering of thermosetting plastic, esp. used on tables and counter tops. |
| gondola |
any of various other flat-bottomed boats. [1/5 definitions] |
| grandaunt |
see "great-aunt." |
| grandnephew |
a son of one's niece or nephew; great-nephew. |
| grandniece |
a daughter of one's niece or nephew; great-niece. |
| granduncle |
see "great-uncle." |
| gravy boat |
an elongated, boat-shaped dish, often with a pouring spout, that is used for serving gravy or sauce. |
| grenadier |
any of a variety of deep-sea fishes having an elongated tapering tail without a tail fin; rat-tail. [1/2 definitions] |
| jerry can |
a flat-sided, narrow five-gallon container for liquids, esp. gasoline. |
| johnboat |
a flat-bottomed boat with a square bow and stern, used on inland waters. |
| junk2 |
a high-sterned, flat-bottomed boat of Chinese origin, driven by square sails. |
| landing craft |
any of various flat-bottomed boats designed to bring soldiers and equipment close to shore during amphibious assaults. |
| lighter2 |
a large, usu. unpowered flat-bottomed boat used mainly to transport cargo between a larger ship and shore; barge. [1/2 definitions] |
| oven cloth |
(chiefly British) a piece of heat-resistant material used to handle cooking utensils and dishes when they are too hot to touch with bare hands; potholder. |
| pit viper |
any of various poisonous snakes that have a prominent heat-sensitive depression on either side of the head. |
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